Suicide rates much higher among disabled people, new estimates show
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The death rate by suicide is much higher among disabled people than those who do not have disabilities, the latest data suggests.The highest rates of suicide were in disabled men aged between 40 and 50, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The ONS said it is the first time rates of suicide can be estimated across groups such as the disabled, after it linked information on ethnicity, partnership status, disability status, socioeconomic status, religion, region, and armed forces status from the 2011 census with death registration data.
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